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The Most Trusted Water Container

This BPA-free and food-safe water container is compact and easy to transport with its space-saving design and reversible hideaway spigot. Features a smooth ergonomic handle to comfortably grip while carrying.

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We stand by the quality of our products. Your Reliance product is backed by a 5 year guarantee from the original date of purchase against materials and/or workmanship defects. We will replace any defective item with proof of purchase. For more information, please contact Customer Relations or visit our official website.

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Plastic seems thin, but I'll be careful with it, at least it makes the water level visible at the gradient lines marked on the side. My main gripe, which I noticed right off the bat, is the lack of a seal on the spigot.

I read the other reviews, everybody says the spigots leak. But so does every other water carrier spigot on the market that I've seen, so what then? I looked at the cap, there is a nice thick rubber gasket seal in there. Cool, so that won't leak. The spigot has a nice flange at the base of the threads, and the surfaces on the cap match up nicely. As if it was designed to have an o-ring there... Well, knowing that this would be a leak point, I went to the hardware store with it and matched one up. 7/8" ID, 1/8" thick was a perfect fit. I filled it up and placed it on it's side with the spigot pointing down, not a single drop in an hour. 47 cents was my cost, your local hardware store may be cheaper, a bulk order for someone mass producing water carriers would surely get them cheaper...

So there is that.

56lbs of water filled up, not for the weak folks. A 5 gallon carrier is 40lbs, that's a bigger difference than it sounds. Time will tell on the thin plastic, but as long as it doesn't get dropped or knocked around too much, I think it will be fine.

We have been using these 7-Gallon Aquatainers for years. In the past, they were built much more heavily and could take the abuse of traveling along dirt roads and even rough jeep trails. We liked to bring two of these containers on our overland trips for drinking and cleaning up in camp.

On our last trip, our newest 7-Gallon Aquatainer just gave up and burst open, riding in a well-secured location in the carpeted bed of our truck. It's nice to have a container that holds so much water - until it breaks and soaks almost all the gear you store with it. In our case, we discovered the problem after arriving at a remote camp in Baja California. The container split and broke along the seam of the Aquatainer logo embossed onto the side of the container. We ended up having to spend an unplanned extra day at that camp while we dried out our gear and having less water than I'm comfortable with. We were lucky that the water didn't damage some sensitive equipment we had. Over the years, Reliance has made the plastic on these containers thinner and thinner. We also noticed that the corners now dent very easily, making it just a matter of time before it cracks along the edges of the dent (see photos).

If you are using these containers to store emergency water at home or in a static, stable location, they'll probably be OK. I used to recommend them to my friends for travel but I won't any longer. They've always had the issues with the spout leaking when turned on its side.

Our workaround on this last trip was to purchase a 5-gallon water-cooler service type bottle with a screw-top in the nearest large town. From that, we dispense water into a Rubbermaid 2.5-gallon drinking dispenser that has a recessed spout that never leaks. I think that the round bottles will be more durable. Plus, the round shape prevents wildlife (coyotes) from gaining purchase with their teeth to puncture the container - which had also been a problem with the Aquatainer.

ALL of them leaked at corners .2 had malformed nozzles and wouldn't dispense water without leaking .Not durable , not reliable

ALL but 1of mine leaked when we were desperately filling water containers as hurricane bore down on us .If we had to depend on these for water storage in this Emergency , And we DID , we would have been in deep trouble .We had to find and fill old water and milk jugs .At least t hey didnt leak .I am incensed that these failed in the exact situation I bought them for .What a complete and dangerously unusable product .They should stop selling this junk .DO NOT BUY !

I used mine for less than a year and it started to crack and leak near the top. It looks like sun damage, but it wasn't stored for any extended duration in direct sunlight. These jugs are thin to begin with. This is surprising because I've been using Reliance products for a long time now, and the previous, taller 7 gallon jugs were made with thicker plastic and used to last for years and years.

I store water and stack them. I have 6 and stack only 1 on top. 3 have cracks in the body and ALL of the spigots are either broke and leak or just leak. Good idea, poor quality. I will be replacing them eventually with a better brand.

These are not the old Reliance products-the plastic on the corners is thin and they break. The spigot leaks but that is easy to live with-just keep it upright. The old product never broke until I dropped it about 5 ft. Had it for many years.

These are nice, but one of the main reason's I bought them is to stack them. I stacked them two high, and the bottom container is "bulging". I emailed Reliance, and they responded quickly, stating full containers should not be stacked. Since I want to store water, not empty containers, not be able to stack them makes storage more difficult. This is a good container, if you do not need to stack them. Here is copy of what Reliance set me:

"The 7 gal aqua-tainer can be stacked 2 high, however this is only when “empty”. Unfortunately this container is a thinner plastic and cannot be stacked when full as it will crush the corners of the containers."

I only asked them because my bottom containers appear to in danger of failing, after only about one month of use. The top container looks fine.Your money, your choice. Ron